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  1. foster
    nurture care for 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  2. Foster
    [adj] - providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties 2. [n] - United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864) 3. [v] - promote the growth of 4. [v] - bring up under fosterage 5. [v] - help develop, help grow
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. foster
    specially selected home,other than his own,in which a child may be placed for rearing,with or without adoption Category: Law • parent that feeds or brings up another`s child; e. g to serve as the mother of (foster-mother three little children-Dorothy C. Fisher) Category: Man and socie...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Foster
    Fos'ter transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fostered , present participle & verbal noun Fostering .] [ Middle English fostren , from Anglo-Saxon fōster , ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/68

  5. Foster
    Fos'ter intransitive verb To be nourished or trained up together. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/68

  6. Foster
    Fos'ter adjective [ Anglo-Saxon fōster , fōstor , nourishment. See Foster , transitive verb ] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to fath...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/68

  7. Foster
    Fos'ter noun A forester. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/68

  8. foster
    Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc, to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc, as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. Foster babe, or c...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. foster
    surrogate adjective providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; `foster parent`; `foster child`; `foster home`; `surrogate father`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. foster
    nurture verb help develop, help grow; `nurture his talents`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. foster
    verb promote the growth of; `Foster our children`s well-being and education`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Foster
    • (n.) A forester. • (v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together. • (v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. • (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. Foster
    Foster is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Nurture` Where is it used? The name Foster is mainly used In English. Foster doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Foster appeared In the top-1000 was 58 years ago, In 1950. It ranked #720 In that year. . 1890 was a `...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Fost

  14. Foster
    Foster is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `keeps the forest` Where is it used? The name Foster is mainly used In English. Foster doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Foster appeared In the top-1000 was 58 years ago, In 1950. It ranked #720 In that year. . 189...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Fost

  15. Foster
    (crater) `Foster` is a small lunar crater that lies to the southeast of the larger crater Joule, on the far side of the Moon. The rim of Foster is slightly eroded, and the narrow inner walls slope directly down to the relatively dark interior floor. The rim has a small outward bulge along the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster

  16. Foster
    (surname) `Foster` is a surname, perhaps derived from the name of a Frankish saint, Vedast, also known as Foster or St. Foster. Other possibilities for the origins of this surname are the Old English "cild-fostre", which was a nickname for a foster parent or foster chi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster

  17. Foster
    (CTA station) | image=Foster CTA 061202.jpg | image_size=300 | address=900 Foster Street<br> other=Chicago Transit Authority|CTA bus | platform=1 owned=Chicago Transit Authority | zone= | structure=Elevated | former= | passengers=255,623--> | pass_year=2010 | pass_percent=4.0 | services= -...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster

  18. Foster
    (film) `Foster` is feature film starring Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffud, Richard E Grant, Hayley Mills and Bobby Smalldridge. It tells the story of a little boy - played by seven year old Londoner Maurice Cole - who mysteriously shows up on the doorstep of a couple. The film is written an...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster



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